re: #120 kirkspencer

You keep using this word “babies”.

The earliest surviving premature birth was 21 weeks 6 days. It’s still described as a miracle.

The earliest sustained survival point is 23 weeks. It require an advanced NICU (Natal Intensive Care Unit) and a lot of luck, and still a large proportion don’t survive. The current survival rate (source: March of Dimes, Quint Boenker Preemie Survival Foundation, see [Link: www.preemiesurvival.org…] for 23 weeks is 17%. 5 out of six born at that age will die, which is better than the ~1% survival rate of a mere week earlier. BTW, NICUs cost money. A lot of money, of which insurance companies pay only a part.

It takes till 27 weeks for premature birth survival rates to reach 90%.

If it isn’t viable, it isn’t a baby.

It’s an entirely moot point regardless. No one can coerce another into using their bodies or body parts to treat or save the life of another. It’s known as body autonomy and it is absolute. We cannot even be required to donate blood under any circumstances. Unless a blastocyst/embryo/fetus is elevated in rights above any other human being in the US, no woman can be required to allow the use of her body. The end.